Thursday , 2 July 2026

Leicester City FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Premier League · 2024-25
Leicester City FC
2 – 2
Full Time
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Sun 8 Dec 2024 · 14:00 UTC King Power Stadium 31,647 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 37' Tariq Lamptey
0–2 79' Yankubah Minteh
Jamie Vardy 86' 1–2
Bobby Reid 90+1' 2–2
Y 41' Carlos Baleba
Y 74' Mats Wieffer
Boubakary Soumare 87' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Leicester City FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC — Premier League at King Power Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Stuart Attwell
  • Assistant 1 Constantine Hatzidakis
  • Assistant 2 Nicholas Hopton

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 West Ham United FC 38 39
2 Burnley FC 38 22
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20
4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 0 0
5 Coventry City FC 0 0
6 Hull City AFC 0 0
7 Ipswich Town FC 0 0
8 Arsenal FC 0 0
9 Manchester City FC 0 0
10 Manchester United FC 0 0
11 Aston Villa FC 0 0
12 Liverpool FC 0 0
13 AFC Bournemouth 0 0
14 Sunderland AFC 0 0
15 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0 0
16 Brentford FC 0 0
17 Chelsea FC 0 0
18 Fulham FC 0 0
19 Newcastle United FC 0 0
20 Everton FC 0 0
21 Leeds United FC 0 0
22 Crystal Palace FC 0 0
23 Nottingham Forest FC 0 0

Head-to-Head

5
6
2
Leicester City FC 13 games · Avg 2.9 goals Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Last 5 meetings
2024-12-08 Leicester City FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2023-01-21 Leicester City FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2022-09-04 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 5–2 Leicester City FC 2022-01-23 Leicester City FC 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2021-09-19 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–1 Leicester City FC

Recent Form

Leicester City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Dec Brighton & Hove Albion FC H 2–2 D
03 Dec West Ham United FC H 3–1 W
30 Nov Brentford FC A 1–4 L
23 Nov Chelsea FC H 1–2 L
10 Nov Manchester United FC A 0–3 L
02 Nov Ipswich Town FC A 1–1 D
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Dec Leicester City FC A 2–2 D
05 Dec Fulham FC A 1–3 L
29 Nov Southampton FC H 1–1 D
23 Nov AFC Bournemouth A 2–1 W
09 Nov Manchester City FC H 2–1 W
02 Nov Liverpool FC A 1–2 L

Key Stats

69% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Leicester City FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC is underway.
  • 5' Leicester City FC is showing some good football. However, Leicester City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' Leicester City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jamie Vardy made 354 appearances and scored 119 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
  • 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Brighton & Hove Albion FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 37' GOAL! Tariq Lamptey scores on 37. Assisted by Pervis Estupinan
  • 41' The referee shows Brighton & Hove Albion FC player a card on 41.
  • 46' Mats Wieffer has so much to prove this time. He replaces Carlos Baleba on 46 minute.
  • 51' Brighton & Hove Albion FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
  • 52' Oliver Skipp has so much to prove this time. He replaces Wilfred Ndidi on 52 minute.
  • 57' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 62' Leicester City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bobby Reid is hanging Kasey McAteer on the field on 62 minute.
  • 67' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 70' Another substitution for Brighton & Hove Albion FC to replace Joao Pedro by Yankubah Minteh on 70 minute.
  • 71' The Brighton & Hove Albion FC manager makes a substitution. Yasin Ayari departs to be replaced by Matt O'Riley.
  • 74' That looks like a foul for a card for Mats Wieffer.
  • 79' Goal! Yankubah Minteh scores his 19 goal in 322 matches.
  • 81' Wout Faes has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jannik Vestergaard on 81 minute.
  • 86' What a strike from Jamie Vardy! The score is 1-2.
  • 87' It’s a booking for Leicester City FC player. Boubakary Soumare gets a card.
  • 89' Igor has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kaoru Mitoma on 89 minute.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Leicester City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ruud van Nistelrooy

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Fabian Hürzeler

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jamie Vardy 7
Alexis Mac Allister 3
Kelechi Iheanacho 3
Joao Pedro 2
James Maddison 2
Marc Albrighton 2
Kaoru Mitoma 2
Evan Ferguson 2

Head to Head

2024-12-08 Leicester City FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2023-01-21 Leicester City FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2022-09-04 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 5–2 Leicester City FC 2022-01-23 Leicester City FC 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2021-09-19 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–1 Leicester City FC

Leicester City FC Form

2024-12-08 Leicester City FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D 2024-12-03 Leicester City FC 3–1 West Ham United FC W 2024-11-30 Brentford FC 4–1 Leicester City FC L 2024-11-23 Leicester City FC 1–2 Chelsea FC L 2024-11-10 Manchester United FC 3–0 Leicester City FC L 2024-11-02 Ipswich Town FC 1–1 Leicester City FC D

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Form

2024-12-08 Leicester City FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D 2024-12-05 Fulham FC 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2024-11-29 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–1 Southampton FC D 2024-11-23 AFC Bournemouth 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2024-11-09 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–1 Manchester City FC W 2024-11-02 Liverpool FC 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.63 Leicester City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.52 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xG
I would bet for: Leicester City FC or Brighton & Hove Albion FC 73% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Leicester City FC39% Draw27% Brighton & Hove Albion FC34%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.15
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 39%
61%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

Leicester City FC or Draw
66%
Draw or Brighton & Hove Albion FC
61%
Leicester City FC or Brighton & Hove Albion FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Leicester City FC30% Draw43% Brighton & Hove Albion FC27%
Actual: Brighton & Hove Albion FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.5%
2 – 1
8.3%
1 – 2
7.8%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 0
6.2%
0 – 0
5.9%
0 – 1
5.7%
2 – 0
5.7%
0 – 2
4.9%
3 – 1
4.5%
1 – 3
3.9%
3 – 2
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Leicester City FC

Handicap Leicester City FC covers Push Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 12% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 19% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 18% 17%
+1.5 83% — 17%
+2 83% 10% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Leicester City FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓
Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.